Life During The Great War
The Great War began in 1914 and was supposed to be short, but the Great War was standing for four years and killed almost 10 million of people. The first year of the war was a positions war. Armies had to gain fields whatever the price. Then the trench warfar took place in 1915 because armies weren't able to move on and win more fields. This is the beginning of an exhausting war. Soldiers “buried themselves”, and digged trenches. This will be the place where they are going to live for the rest of the war.
Life in the trenches was miserable, with fleas, rats, mud, food shortages, dead soldiers and enemies. The living conditions were really bad, soldiers had nothing, they were not even able to shower or change their clothes. They were wearing the same clothes for months.
In these trenches, soldiers were fighting and busy for only 25 percent of the time. And so they had to find something to do during the other 75 percent of the time.
In spite of the really hard living conditions, and the presence of death everywhere around them, soldiers tried to sustain morale the best they could. The morale of the armies was changing through the months during the battles, victories or defeats. The tactic guidance of the war had repercussions on the every day life in the trenches or at the front. But there are simple measures that you can have to …show more content…
On the morning of December 25th, the British and French armies heard people sing Christmas songs from the opposing trench. When they looked around no man's land, they saw a Christmas tree on top of the German trench. After a while, the German soldiers got out from the trench and asked the British and French soldiers to join them on the no man's land. During this truce they played football and exchanged some gifts. The singer and officer, Walter Kirchhoff, decided to sing Christmas songs for every
Life in the trenches was miserable, with fleas, rats, mud, food shortages, dead soldiers and enemies. The living conditions were really bad, soldiers had nothing, they were not even able to shower or change their clothes. They were wearing the same clothes for months.
In these trenches, soldiers were fighting and busy for only 25 percent of the time. And so they had to find something to do during the other 75 percent of the time.
In spite of the really hard living conditions, and the presence of death everywhere around them, soldiers tried to sustain morale the best they could. The morale of the armies was changing through the months during the battles, victories or defeats. The tactic guidance of the war had repercussions on the every day life in the trenches or at the front. But there are simple measures that you can have to …show more content…
On the morning of December 25th, the British and French armies heard people sing Christmas songs from the opposing trench. When they looked around no man's land, they saw a Christmas tree on top of the German trench. After a while, the German soldiers got out from the trench and asked the British and French soldiers to join them on the no man's land. During this truce they played football and exchanged some gifts. The singer and officer, Walter Kirchhoff, decided to sing Christmas songs for every